San Jose, California, United States
Lawrence-Michael was most recently seen in select performances of Theatreworks' 2006 revival of M. BUTTERFLY with Francis Jue. Before that he was in FLOWER DRUM SONG at Woodminster Summer Musicals, in which he proudly shared the stage with many of his friends. He came to FDS directly from Theatreworks' 2004 production of RED,at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto (also with Francis Jue). He was also seen as Billy/Ensemble in THE GOODBYE GIRL at Bus Barn Stage Company. Before that, he was seen by Bay Area theatregoers at selected performances of BAT BOY:The Musical (Roy/Mrs Taylor and The Institute Man)at Theatreworks(2003 Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical). He was also seen there as the British Admiral and the Merchant in PACIFIC OVERTURES (2001 BACCA for Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical) and understudied for Robert in JANE EYRE. In 2002 he reprised his role as Sancho Panza to Paul Myrvold's Don Quixote in The Western Stage's MAN OF LA MANCHA. That same year he performed as Kent in Gavilan College's KING LEAR and as Agwe in Sunnyvale Community Player's ONCE ON THIS ISLAND.

He has performed with Guggenheim Entertainment in numerous productions and appeared in selected performances of Schoolhouse Rock Live! San Jose as Tom. Other roles with GE that he enjoyed were Tingle the elf in IT'S A WRAP, Frankie Stein in MONSTER BASH, Tommy Bunny in JUST BUNNIES, Mad Hatter in ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and Ben Franklin in AMERICA SINGS.

He was also seen as a haitian dancer in San Francisco's 1997 Carnaval parade with Rythym and Motion Dance Troupe.

Award-winning performances include South Valley Civic Theatre's ANYTHING GOES (Moonface Martin-Best Actor), CAMELOT (Merlin-Best Supporting Actor), and ANNIE (Rooster Hannigan-Best Supporting Actor). Other credits include SVCT's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Judas Iscariot), A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Pseudolus) and A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE (Usher/Carlo); Gavilan College's AMADEUS (Orsini-Rosenberg); Santa Cruz Netless Theatre's YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY (Wanda Wang); California Theatre Wing's JUST SO! (Man); Pismo Light Opera Theatre's HELLO, DOLLY! (Barnaby Tucker); San Luis Obispo's Little Theatre's GODSPELL (Herb).

He can be heard as the Tagalog-speaking announcer for several XOOM.COM TV spots.

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Dance: Chinese, Philippine Voice: Baritone, Tenor Musical Instruments: Keyboard Language: ASL (American Sign Language), English, French, Philipino, Tagalog Accents: Filipino, Standard American, Standard British Additional: Magic